SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety

Aims & Scope

The SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety provides a forum for peer-reviewed scholarly works concerning all aspects of injury causation and mitigation associated with any transportation system.

This includes safety mechanisms, impact, and injury response and tolerance on multiple scales, with the objective of developing restraint, vehicle, and infrastructure environments that are safer for the occupant, rider, passerby, and warfighter.

Broad areas such as biomechanics, crashworthiness, accident reconstruction, and physical and computational modeling are within the Journal’s scope.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6
2024	0.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.225

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	13

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19811

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	47

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Challenges in Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Validation

  Citation: 489

  Authors: Philip, Michael

• Cellular Helmet Liner Design through Bio-inspired Structures and Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanism Lattices

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Joel C., Jacob, Zebulun, Andres

• Validation of Event Data Recorders in High Severity Full‑Frontal Crash Tests

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Ada, John, Richard, Hampton

• Self-Regulation Minimizes Crash Risk from Attentional Effects of Cognitive Load during Auditory-Vocal Tasks

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Richard

• Features of Fatal Pedestrian Injuries in Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Accidents in Japan

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Yasuhiro, Tsutomu, Shoko, Kenichi

• The Wagging Foot of Uncertainty: Data Collection and Reduction Methods for Examining Foot Pedal Behavior in Naturalistic Driving

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Daniel V., Cheryl A., Linda, Yuqing, Kazutoshi, James, Linda

• Event Data Recorder (EDR) Developed by Toyota Motor Corporation

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Motomi, Tom, Rini, Daniel, William

• Forward Collision Warning: Clues to Optimal Timing of Advisory Warnings

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Nazan, Lauren, Sarah, Robert, Jeffrey, Steven, Matthew

• The Dimensional Model of Driver Demand: Visual-Manual Tasks

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Richard, Sean, Li

• Target Population for Intersection Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in the U.S.

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Kristofer D., Hampton C.

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